Iwsect-guards



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J.YOUNG.

INSECT-GUARDS No.193,745. Patented July 31,1877.

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J. YOUNG. INSECT-GUARDS.

No. 193,745. Patented July 31,1877.

N-PEI'ERS, PHOTo-LITHOGRAPMER. WASHINGTON. D. C.

JAMES YOUNG, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INSECT-GUARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Eiififld, dated July31, 1877 application filed June 26, 1877.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES YOUNG, of Cambridge, in the county of.Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedInsect-Guard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ofmy insectguard applied to a bed, the screen being wound up. Fig. 2 is asection of the same, representing the screen extended over the bed readyfor use. Figs. 3 and 4 are details to be referred to. I

To provide a simple, convenient, and inexpensive canopy, by whichmosquitoes, flies,

and other insects are prevented from annoying the occupant of a bed,lounge, &c., is the object of my present invention, which consists in apair of standards rising from the side of the bed, and having a swingingframe pivoted thereto; a roller, on which the netting is wound,extending between the tops of the standards, and provided with a crank,by which the netting is wound up when not required for use.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have car ried it out.

In the said drawings, A is the head-board of a bedstead; B, itsfoot-board, and O (3 its longitudinal side pieces.

Inside the side pieces 0 0, near the headboard, are secured sockets a afor the reception of the lower ends of two standards, D, the top of eachbeing inclined back toward and above the head-board.

Within bearings b in the tops of the standards is placed a horizontalroll, E, extending transversely across the head of the bedstead. Thisroll is split or formed in two portions, 0 d, between which is securedone end of a piece of mosquito-netting, G, the portion 0 consisting of athin longitudinal strip, which, after the end of the netting is laid onthe portion (1, is screwed thereto. I

The roll is turned by means of a handle, 6, applied to a crank, f,secured to an end of the roll projecting outside one of the bearings.

To each inclined standard D, at a point at or a little above the middleof its length, is pivoted the inner end of a strip, h, the outer ends ofthese strips being connected by a cross-bar, '5, and forming a framewhich serves to support the netting when unrolled for the purpose ofprotecting the bed therewith when the occupant desires to sleep.

Near the outer end of each strip is a staple,

.k, into which are hooked the outer ends of two cords, tm, the innerends of these cords being secured to pins n, driven into the standardsD. The lengths of these cords may be adjusted so as to allow the outerend of the frame to hang at the height desired,the cords 1 serving asbraces to stiffen the parts, and to keep the outer end of the frame frommoving laterally out of place. These braces are united by a circularplate, 12, at their centers, and also serve to hold the netting up, andprevent its sagging. When the frame is swung down in the position seenin Fig. 2 the cords m hold it up to the height desired.

The portion of the netting designed to extend over the foot of the bedis intended to rest on the foot-board B, when it is of suitable height,but when it is quite low, or in the absence of any foot-board, I employa standard, H, provided with a transverse cross-bar, I, for the nettingto rest on.

The lower end of this standard fits into a socket, r, on the inside ofthe bottom of the foot-board, and all three standards, with the frameand netting. may be readily removed when not required for use.

The portion of the netting designed to extend over the lower end of thebed is provided with a strip, 8, of cotton, linen, or other suitablematerial, which, when the netting is rolled up, comes on the outside,and entirely incloses it, thus serving as a cover to keep it from dustwhen the room is being swept.

When the bed is to be used the occupant takes hold of the end of thenetting, and draws it longitudinally out over the frame, cross-bar i,braces Mn, and standard H, and then unfolds the sides of the netting,allowing it to fall over the standards D, and drop down entirely aroundthe bed, it being then only necessary to raise a portion of one side ofthe netting to allow of the entrance of the occupant. I

Previous to remaking the bed the sides of the netting are thrown up overthe frame, and then the whole is swung back out of the way, theinclination of the standards D being such that the frame remains in thisposition by its own gravity. 1

The above-described mosquito-canopy is i11- expensive, simple inconstruction, and may be adjusted in place, and folded up out of theWay, in an extremely ready and convenient manner.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The supporting frame, consisting of the standards D, strips h, cross-bari, and cords and braces lm, in combination with the roll E,substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

Witness my hand this 23d day of June, A. D. 1877.

JAMES YOUNG.

In presence of- N. W. STEARNS, W. J. CAMBRIDGE.

